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Lesson Review.....November 24, 2009               Greater than, Less than, Inequalities....(for Ronald ...Do the exam....below. November 25, 2009) 

December 17, 2009..... A Note to  Teachers at Carnegie Middle School: I, Cleophas Mike McAlpin,  have interacted with students at Carnegie...as far back as 8-10 years. If there are questions about what our Organization is all about, may I suggest you contact Mayor Jim Dear....The City of Carson supports this Organization...and knows all about us.

This is a test of what we learned in one solid hour of studying. Objective: Solve and graph inequalities involving absolute values of the form ║A ║ <  b         (p.415)   You have ten minutes to complete the exam below! Number lines are just as important as the answers.  Please show all number lines!

1. ║x - 3║ <  12

2.  ║x + 2║  ≤   5

3.   ║4y - 2║ <  7

4.  ║2d - 2║  ≤  1.1

5.  ║4z + 3║  ≤  15

December 15, 2009.....and the week previous... A brief Summary...Ronald will return on December 18, 2009

First, I worked with  History homework. It dealt with early American government. I taught all about our present system, with the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of Government. Seeing that the student had trouble with the word, "Congress", I reached the conclusion that I needed to tell him all about the House of Representatives and the Senate....with 435 members, and 100 members, respectively. I also told him of my friend, Karen, who will soon become a Judge, as well as Attorneys that I knew, who would be lecturing him. I made him know that 2 Senators were elected from each State, and the Representatives were elected according to population of States. I told him of President Obama's Cabinet, and in a later lesson, used the Pentagon to describe one of his problems in a math assignment. He had trouble with "pentagon" and  "m", which stood for Meter, and that lead me into the English and Metric Systems of Measurements! The student should know his weight in Kilograms now, and his height in meters. I will ask him what we learned, over and over again, until he remembers. I have a lot of time to teach,  as I have committed myself to a minimum number of students. We graphed straight lines by setting "x" to "0", and then "y". I also showed the student how to graph lines according to the Slope- Intercept- Formula for a straight line (I told him that former students were able to graph lines in less than 8 seconds so he could have something to strive for!) I will continuously review and reinforce all that we teach ....until he really knows his stuff. He is receiving "motivational lectures by the ton", to let him know the his brain has the capability to do any homework...making not "B" grades, but all "A" grades....as so many students who have come to us....have done! The number is endless....There were so many motivational lectures given to Ronald in the short time that I have known him....that I am now confident that he understands the severity of his making "F" grades, instead of "A" grades. It is as I have always said....God Orders each of our steps...and I have prayed on it....and the student is now on his way....to becoming an all "A grade student....It is already done! I invite all teachers and Principals to communicate with me...and by the way....I work for free....for more than 12 years now...and because I believe in God, I cannot fail!

 The answers to the quiz above will be input  on November 25, 2009.

"My Time"  occurs once in a while. Since I had briefly introduced Tyneesha and Ijau to the English and Metric Systems of Measurements, I delved deeper into the subject with all of the students. I asked them to stop doing homework for a few minutes, because it was now "MY TIME".   I had previously shown the two our Valuable Links  icon, and in particular www.sparknotes.com  to be used as a tool to do their homework.

  My Time: Again: A Geometry Exam   

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